“An essential synopsis of essential readings that every human geographer must read. It is highly recommended for those just embarking on their careers as well as those who need a reminder of how and why geography moved from the margins of social thought to its very core.” —Barney Warf, Florida State University “Key Texts in Human Geography will surely become a ‘key text’ itself. Read any chapter and you will want to compare it with another. Before you realize, an afternoon is gone and then you are tracking down the originals…” —James D. Sidaway, School of Geography, University of Plymouth A unique resource for students, Key Texts in Human Geography provides concise but rigorous overviews of the key texts that have formed post-war human geography. The text has been designed as a student-friendly guide that will: explain the text in relation to the geographical debates at the time of writing discuss the text's main arguments and sources of evidence review the initial reception, subsequent evaluation, and continued influence of each key texts contribution to how geographers understand space and place Intended Audience: Written in a clear and accessible way, by acknowledged scholars of the texts, an essential resources for undergraduates, Key Texts in Human Geography will be widely used and highly cited in courses on methods and approaches in geography.

Locational Analysis in Human Geography (1965): Peter Haggett

Locational Analysis in Human Geography (1965): Peter Haggett

Locational analysis in human geography (1965): Peter Haggett
MartinCharlton

Locational analysis is concerned with the need to look for pattern and order in geography … with the locational systems we study and the models we create to describe them, and with the types of explanation we use in making sense of our findings. (Haggett, 1965: 1–2)

Introduction

By 1945 most universities in Britain possessed a geography department. However, whilst many disciplines taught at university had a strong and rigorous intellectual coherence, particularly the sciences, geography was not one of them. Sydney Wooldridge and Gordon East, Professors of Geography at King's College and Birkbeck College London, had attempted to suggest some new directions for the discipline in The Spirit and Purpose of ...

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